Chesapeake Climate Action Network
{{Short description|US Climate Change organization}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2019}}{{Infobox organization
| name = Chesapeake Climate Action Network
| logo =
| type = 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
| founded_date = July 1, 2002
| founder = Mike Tidwell
| location = Takoma Park, Maryland
| employees = 21"[http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/113/644/2013-113644283-0a6e533c-9.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Guidestar. June 30, 2013. Accessed December 8, 2015.
| employees_year = 2012
| revenue_year = 2013
| expenses_year = 2013
| leader_name = Michael Tidwell
| leader_title = Executive director
| leader_name2 = Lise Van Susteren
| leader_title2 = Chair
| website = {{URL|http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org}}
}}
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The organization's mission is to foster a rapid societal switch to clean energy and energy-efficient products, joining similar efforts worldwide to address global warming.
Background
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The Chesapeake Climate Action Network was launched on July 1, 2002, with a seed grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Working with a large and growing network of allies, the group helped pass an Offshore Wind Bill in Maryland,{{cite web |title= O'Malley signs wind bill, other jobs measures |work=The Baltimore Sun |first= Michael |last= Dreseer |date= April 9, 2013 |url= https://www.baltimoresun.com/2013/04/09/omalley-signs-wind-bill-other-jobs-measures/}} statewide carbon caps in Maryland, clean cars bills in Maryland and the District of Columbia,{{cite web |title= State Action |work= Clean Cars Campaign |url= http://www.cleancarscampaign.org/web-content/stateaction/stateaction.html |access-date= 2014-05-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010441/http://www.cleancarscampaign.org/web-content/stateaction/stateaction.html |archive-date= 2019-01-29 |url-status= dead }} renewable energy standard bills in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
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